Wall St. Insights The empire of Alexander the Great ruled from Egypt to India. The countries of that region still show some Greek influence in their art, architecture, languages, and other cultural ...

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The United States has a rare and decisive opportunity to safeguard Syria’s endangered religious minorities, as President Donald Trump meets with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House Monday ...

Christian families are returning to the village in the Orontes Valley to claim their homes and lands 14 years after it was occupied by armed Islamists, who killed Fr François Mourad. For Father ...

Leo XIV will set out on his first foreign trip as pope on the morning of Nov. 27, first to Turkey, a Muslim country with a ...

The depiction of a defeated Roman emperor, subjugated by Shapur I, is not new: it draws on the triumphal imagery of ancient Iran. But its appearance in Enghelab Square, Tehran, comes at a time when ...

Many Syrian refugees have begun returning home, but fragile -- and often interrupted -- peace throughout the Middle East will ...

By choosing to make his first trip as pope to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will shine a huge spotlight on the faith ...

In his upcoming trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and support ...

A new statue unveiled in recent days in Iran depicts a Roman emperor in subjection to a Persian king. Erected in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the statue titled Kneeling Before Iran shows the emperor ...

Although it was not the first encounter between Al-Shar’a and Christian religious leaders, the meeting was significant because it was his first official visit to a church since taking office in ...

The theft is a serious loss for the country's cultural heritage, which had already sustained extensive damage during a long civil war ...